5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

WIRRI

WIRRI is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 79.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How WIRRI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts WIRRI as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 59.2% of games, misses completely in 40.8%, and leaves about 494 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,215 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

W__R_ W in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__I I in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE POTAE SLANE STOLE CASTE PLANE
Words starting with W Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.21 Entropy (bits)
494 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How WIRRI performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,215 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, WIRRI ranks #14,215 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
19
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
413
6 guesses
28
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
24%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

45 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

962
332
276
122
106
98
97
54
33
29
28
19
18
14
14
14
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing WIRRI:

41% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
POTAE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

40.8% →
SLATE 6.29 bits
14.1% →
POTAE 5.27 bits
11.7% →
SLANE 5.51 bits
5.2% →
STOLE 4.48 bits
4.5% →
CASTE 5.05 bits
4.2% →
PLANE 4.34 bits
4.1% →
STADE 4.95 bits
2.3% →
SOLED 4.65 bits
1.4% →
DANSE 3.57 bits
1.2% →
AHOLE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for WIRRI; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

W4I1R1R1I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.